What’s especially bad for me is that my town bills itself as “The Birthplace of the Tomato” (supposedly the first commerically viable tomato was developed here). I can’t proclaim my hatred of those things too loudly around here or they’ll banish me!

Norma — thanks for stopping by and for your kind words! Since you have family in Ohio so early, you might be interested in applying for First Families of Ohio, which is open to members of the Ohio Genealogical Society who descend from an ancestor who was in Ohio before the end of 1820. You can find more details at http://www.ogs.org/about/lineage.php

To both — now I feel *really* bad about not being current with my posting!!